Where does “suttupytty” come from?
suttupytty (Finnish) comes from Finnish pytty, from Swedish bytta, from Old Norse bytta — small tub, pail, bucket.
Ancestry of “suttupytty”, step by step
suttupytty traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pytty
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pytty | pot; toilet seat; cylinder |
| 2 | Swedish | bytta | a bucket, a bowl |
| 3 | Old Norse | bytta | small tub, pail, bucket |
via Finnish suttu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | suttu | smudge |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |